Re: [CR] C&O Canal Trek 728 pix on-line

(Example: Production Builders:Frejus)

Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:48:24 -0400
To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] C&O Canal Trek 728 pix on-line


At 10:26 AM 18/04/2009 -0400, Jeff Slotkin wrote:
>Ian, that's fixable. I can do it, although again I'd think there are
>shops closer to you, as well as some framebuilders, who could knock it
>out.
>On Apr 17, 2009, at 11:34 PM, <ikersey@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Go to http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/ikersey/CandO+Canal+Trek+728/?to
>> see a couple of pix of my loaded Trek 728, plus the dismounted fork
>> showing the damage.

Usually when a fork is bent like that, the top tube and downtube are also tweaked at the lugs. I've had good luck jacking the fork out from the bottom bracket against a spindle mounted in the fork ends, applying force in the opposite direction.

John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada